Steef's review: Advanced all-mountain skier

"Versatility is crucial. I want to cover the whole mountain on the same day. Stability and camber for carving on piste, rocker for float off-piste, agility and playfulness are key factors for my perfect all-mountain ski."

Great all-mountain fun ski

The Fischer Motive 80 Powerrail (1.82m) is a surprisingly good allround or even all-mountain ski with some nice carving qualities. For easy going down groomed or disordered slopes, it handles it all nice and easy, without loosing grip. Also a good ski for the not so experienced off-piste skier to improve skills. The versatility of the ski makes it a 4 star quality ski to me in the all-mountain range. The skis feel supple, bumps and hopes of snow on piste at the end of a (warm) day are fun to handle. I couldn’t help picking out big hopes of slushy snow to go through or over, where everyone else tried to avoid them. A bit snowboard feeling ;-). But it most surprises me how well it handles on groomed slopes. Although it has not the pop out of corners like a real giant slalom ski like Fischer RC4 Worldcup RC Pro, it is stiff enough for some nice long carving turns, generating lot of speed without loosing grip, very nice.

Short turns and off-piste

Short turns though will take some effort, but I blame that on the wide 80 mm underneath your feet in combination with the tested length (1.82m). The skis invite you to explore the deep snow and it felt ok to me, despite my poor off-piste skills. You don’t have to lean back a lot, the tips stay nice above the snow. Also off-piste I found it hard work making short turns so next time I’ll rather try the 1.75m.

Fischer about the Motive 80 Powerrail

"The test winner of the last years: Easy going due to the new Air Tec technology. A special milled woodcore guarantees reduced weight by best performance.", says Fischer. High fun it is indeed, and also a good choice if you are looking for one pair of skis which can do everything quite good. But because it is good in a lot of aspects, it will always be a compromise between excelling in on- or off-piste qualities. Because of the good compromise it will get my 4-star ranking.

Heyman's review: Advanced+ all-mountain skier

"A good frontside all-mountain ski is an agressive carver to lay trenches on the groomers and should also be able to handle bumps, skied of pistes and up to 10cm of fresh snow. A combination of a sportive character and comfort."

Solid all-mountain ski

The Fischer Motive 80 is pure Austrian reliability. No surprises here. Just solid allround quality. And for a relatively low price it's good value for money too. The Motive 80 has good edge grip and carves well on piste medium long turns. Once you have initiated your carve turn, it does not move an inch from its line. It just keeps on going steady. Short aggressive and long sliding turns also belong to its repertoire.

This ski is made for...

Almost every intermediate and advanced skier, although for some intermediates the Motive 80 may be on the difficult side. What I mean is that almost every skier will like this ski, but very few will really love it. Therefore it is not distinctive enough. It has very good overall quality, but it does not excel in anything. No extremely sharp carve or surprisingly huge amount of float or subzero cool looks. If it had only one of those extreme qualities, I would give it a 5 star rating. Without that I give it 4 stars.

Fischer about the Motive 80

"The test winner of the last years: Easy going due to the new Air Tec technology. A special milled woodcore guarantees reduced weight by best performance", says Fischer. I can understand how a ski like the Fischer Motive 80 might win a lot of test prices. Because it won't dissappoint anybody. But it won't enchant anybody either.